Job Description
Harris Health System is the public healthcare safety-net provider established in 1966 to serve the residents of Harris County, Texas. As an essential healthcare system, Harris Health champions better health for the entire community, with a focus on low-income uninsured and underinsured patients, through acute and primary care, wellness, disease management and population health services. Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center) anchor Harris Health's robust network of 39 clinics, health centers, specialty locations and virtual (telemedicine) technology. Harris Health is among an elite list of health systems in the U.S. achieving Magnet nursing excellence designation for its hospitals, the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance designation for its patient-centered clinics and health centers and its strong partnership with nationally recognized physician faculty, residents and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine; McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth); The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston.
Job Summary
The Nuclear Medicine technologist is responsible for providing patient care and technical expertise in the operation of imaging equipment for diagnostic imaging purposes. The Nuclear Medicine technologist performs special radiographic procedures through the application of ionizing radiation or other diagnostic methods.
Minimum Qualifications
Education/Specialized Training/Licensure: Must be a graduate of a JRCERT accredited program; Certification in Nuclear Medicine (ARRT/NMTCB) and Medical Radiology Technologist (MRT) license by the Texas Medical Board (TMB); Basic Life Support from a hospital-based American Heart Association (AHA) approved program
Work experience:
Two (2) years experience as Staff Nuc Med Technologist preferred
Special Requirements
Communication Skills: Above Average Verbal (Heavy Public Contact, Writing/Composing (Correspondence/Reports), Writing/Reports
Proficiencies:
Personal Computer
Job Attributes:
Analytical Abilities, Mathematics, Medical Terminology Knowledge
Work Schedule: Flexible
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Houston, TX |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 5,000 to 9,999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1966 |
| Website | https://www.harrishealth.org/en/pages/home.aspx |
About Company
Harris Health is a nationally recognized health system comprising three teaching hospitals and an extensive network of ambulatory care centers serving the people of Harris County, Texas, since 1966. Staffed by the faculty, fellows and residents from two nationally ranked medical schools, Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Harris Health is the first healthcare system in Houston to receive the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) designation for its network of patient-centered medical homes.
Each year, Harris Health provides more than 1.8 million total outpatient visits through its more than 40 ambulatory care facilities. Additionally, Harris Health sees more than 177,000 emergency visits at its Level 1 and Level 3 trauma centers and 35,000 hospital admissions through its three hospitals: Ben Taub, LBJ and Quentin Mease. Established by voter referendum to enhance the level of charity care available in the community, Harris Health System has often received national recognition for serving those in need and for its achievements in operational excellence, such as being named to the 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Most Wired Hospitals lists by the American Hospital Association's Hospitals & Health Networks magazine.
Additionally, Harris Health System is pleased that each of its three hospitals: Ben Taub, Lyndon B. Johnson and Quentin Mease - achieved Pathway to Excellence designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Skills
- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)unmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Basic Life Support (BLS)unmatched
- Cancerunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Community Healthunmatched
- Computed Tomography (CAT Scan)unmatched
- Disease Prevention and Controlunmatched
- Health Scienceunmatched
- Healthcareunmatched
- Hospitalunmatched
- Mathematicsunmatched
- Medical Imagingunmatched
- Medical Terminologyunmatched
- Medicineunmatched
- National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)unmatched
- Nuclear Medicineunmatched
- Nursingunmatched
- Patient Careunmatched
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET)unmatched
- Primary Careunmatched
- Public Healthunmatched
- Public Safetyunmatched
- Radiologyunmatched
- Reporting Skillsunmatched
- Telemedicineunmatched
- Writing Skillsunmatched
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